Glossary
Specialized vocabulary appearing at the George Walford International Essay Prize.

A superficial survey of ideological behaviour produces an impression of chaos, and this has led many students of this subject to regard ideology as a perversion of the intellect, something that ought to be eliminated. [Harold] Walsby looked deeper. He saw that running through the conflict and disorder there are certain regularities, and that these indicate the presence of a small number of broad, general, enduring ideologies. Walsby himself did not distinguish these by any special term but they are now known as the major ideologies. According to Walsby they form a hierarchic system which has developed through time. – George Walford: Ideology as Self-Determined

Systematic ideology is a theory in progress. The name of this theory has changed over time. Harold Walsby referred to his idea as psychopolitics. Others called it Walsby’s theory, or ‘the theory’ or ‘ideology.’ George Walford named this theory systematic ideology. Similarly, some of the details of this theory have changed over time. Political manifestations of the major ideologies have been reclassified, and the major ideologies themselves have been given new names. The following master list of all nomenclature for the ideological series was made with the assistance of John Rowan.